Jan Kleczyński (24 June 1875, in

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...

– September 1939, in Warsaw) was a Polish writer, art critic, journalist and

chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to disti ...

master. He was a son of Jan Kleczyński, Sr., a famous Polish pianist and one of the best Warsaw chess masters of the 19th century. Jan Kleczyński Junior played in Warsaw City Chess Championship (1896, 1897). He finished 4th in 1901 (

Alexander Flamberg Alexander Flamberg (1880, Warsaw – 24 January 1926, Warsaw) was a Polish chess master. Biography Alexander Davidovich Flamberg born in Warsaw (then Russian Empire), spent his early years in England, where he learned to play chess. After retu ...

won), 4th in 1907 (''Quadrangular''), 2nd in 1908 ( Fyodor Duz-Khotimirsky won), tied for 5-6th in 1910, and finished 6th in 1911. During

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, he was 3rd in 1916/17, and 6th in 1917 in Warsaw, both won by

Akiba Rubinstein Akiba Kiwelowicz Rubinstein (1 December 1880 – 14 March 1961) was a Polish chess player. He is considered to have been one of the greatest players never to have become World Chess Champion. Rubinstein was granted the title Grandmaster (chess), ...

. After the war, he was 7th ( Zdzisław Belsitzmann won) in 1919/20, 2nd, behind

Stanisław Kohn Stanisław Kohn (1895–1940) was a Polish chess master. Kohn played for Poland in 1st unofficial Chess Olympiad at Paris 1924. In 1925, he won the Warsaw Championship. In 1926, he tied for 3rd-7th, behind Dawid Przepiórka and Paulin Frydman i ...

, in 1925, shared 8th in 1926 (Kohn and

Leon Kremer Leon Kremer (1901–1941) was a Polish chess master. He played several times in the Warsaw championships, and won in 1929. He also took 6th in 1925 (Stanisław Kohn won), took 4th in 1926 (Abram Blass and Paulin Frydman won), shared 1st with Kohn ...

won), and tied for 6-8th at Warsaw 1928 (

Abram Blass Moshe Aba Blass (born 1896, Łomża, Poland - 1971, Tel-Aviv, Israel) was a Polish-Israeli chess master. Born in Łomża (then Russian Empire), he moved to the US, staying from 1911 to 1924. After returning to Poland, he lived in Warsaw. In 1924/2 ...

won). Jan Kleczyński represented Poland in the

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at Paris 1924. He twice participated in the Polish Championship; was 13th at Warsaw 1926 (the 1st POL-ch,

Dawid Przepiórka Dawid Przepiórka (22 December 1880 – presumed April 1940) was a prominent Polish chess player of the early twentieth century. Biography Dawid Przepiórka was born 22 December 1880 in Warsaw, Poland (then part of the Russian Empire), to a f ...

won), and tied for 14-15th at Lodz 1927 (the 2nd POL-ch, Rubinstein won).II Szachowe Mistrzostwa Polski £ód¼ 1927
at polbase.w.interia.pl Jan Kleczyński wrote a weekly chess column for ''Kurier Warszawski'' (1897–1939). He died of a heart attack during the bombing of Warsaw at the end of September 1939 (

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